branchés

\bʁɑ̃.ʃe\

/\bʁɑ̃.ʃe\/ adj

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The verdict

“branchés” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,787. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,787
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de branché.

Corpus desk

Index FR-branches · branchés · French

branchés · rank #23,787 · 14 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,787
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bouée

Nearest frequency peer: bouée (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « branchés »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « branchés » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

branchés vs broches
63% similar
branchés vs brèches
63% similar
branchés vs bronche
63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for branchés
PropertyValue
Headwordbranchés
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\bʁɑ̃.ʃe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#23,787
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « branchés »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.branchésse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bouée » (#23,786), « bâties » (#23,788), « boues » (#23,785). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « branchés » est au #23,787. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around branchés (IPA \bʁɑ̃.ʃe\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,787 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de branché.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for branchés, with forms such as "barnchés", "bbranchés", and "bracnhés". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "broches", "brèches", "bronche", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is branchés, spelled B-R-A-N-C-H-É-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de branché.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • barnchés
  • bbranchés
  • bracnhés
  • brancchés
  • branches
  • branchhés
  • branchsé
  • branchéss
  • brancéhs
  • branhcés
  • brannchés
  • brnachés
  • brranchés
  • rbanchés

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of branchés - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

barnchés2bbranchés1bracnhés2brancchés1branches1branchhés1branchsé2branchéss1
Edit distance from "branchés"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "branchés"?
"branchés" is spelled B-R-A-N-C-H-É-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁɑ̃.ʃe\.
What does "branchés" mean?
As an adjective, "branchés" means: Masculin pluriel de branché.
What words are commonly confused with "branchés"?
"branchés" is commonly confused with "broches", "brèches", "bronche". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "branchés"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "branchés" is \bʁɑ̃.ʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "branchés" come from?
"branchés" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "branchés", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Borussia#23,784cadastre#23,791Bismarck#23,780bergeron#23,778

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

Cléopâtre14 variantscolombienne14 variantscommémorer14 variantsconcombre14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list